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Revision as of 10:50, 8 August 2008 by 212.219.233.223 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Lisa Lee Dark (born 16 April, 1981 in Swansea, Wales), is a Welsh singer and voice actress.
Early life
Born with Congenital adrenal hyperplasia, doctors failed to realise that she was female. In severe cases, the female sex organ becomes enlarged so it resembles the male sex organ, and Dark was originally raised as a boy.
Bullied at school, with family problems, and abused by a paedophile group, Dark believes that this is what pushed her into the entertainment industry.
Acting career
Dark first starred in a European advert due to a case of mistaken identity. Her other acting roles have been voice over work on low budget European horror movies, and minor voice over work on five Hollywood movies
Music career
The beginning
Aged six, Dark was approached in her local park by a record producer, who offered to take her into the recording studio to record her voice. Dark refused for three years before she began recording.
Originally recording classical pieces of music for TV film and compilation albums, in 1992 Dark began to record dance music, leading to recording lead vocals for dance music, new age, and with Christian classical crossover group "New Era".
Solo music career
In 1998 Dark signed her first solo recording contract, releasing the album ‘The unknown story of Lisa Lee Dark’. There were three more dance albums released, achieving moderate success with sales of 160,000 records for the dance record label VIP international records.
In 2004, Dark released her fifth studio album titled "Breath of life". This would mark Dark’s attempt into the classical crossover music market as a solo artist, but due to problems out of Dark’s control this album turned out to be a huge flop.
The come back
In 2008, Dark returned to the music industry with the release of her debut opera album, "Sola, perduta, abbandonata". This album contains Dark’s debut opera performance in Puccini’s opera Turandot, playing the part of Liu. A limited edition second album "The screen behind the mirror" was also released, containing Dark’s debut opera recordings and her audition for the opera company that she is signed to.
Dark is related to Adelina Patti and Bette Davis.
References
- (The Daily Telegraph newspaper, April 25, 2000)
- (Bella magazine, August 21, 2001)
- "BBC Radio 4 - Highs and Lows". Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- "Website will help air rare conditions". Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- (News of the world sunday magazine, December 12, 2004)
- (The Catholic Herald newspaper, October 29, 2004)
- (The Times Newspaper, November 20, 2004)
- (The Universe newspaper, May 28, 2000)
- (The Mirror newspaper, May 8, 2000)
- (Messenger of Saint Anthony, October,2005)
- "God and I". Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- (Now magazine, June 14, 2000)
- "Sopranos triumph over adversity recorded in new solo album". Retrieved 2008-08-01.
- (The church of England newspaper, November 19, 2004)